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Women Traders of the Viking Age: An Analysis of Grave Goods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The image of Viking culture that most of us carry in our heads is largely masculine and testosterone-driven. Where are women in the Scandinavian past? Examining grave goods associated with female burials—including items of personal adornment—this article
Mierswa, Emily
core   +2 more sources

Exploring Biomedical, Temporal, and Embodied Perspectives on the Timing of Birth in Central Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
As an ANHS Senior Fellow, I began to explore the standardization of time in obstetrics and its translation into everyday practice in Nepal by analyzing the various perspectives involved in determining a woman’s ideal time of delivery and a successful ...
Brunson, Jan, Tamrakar, Suman Raj
core   +3 more sources

The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Picturing difference: juxtaposition, collage and layering of a multiethnic street [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
My research is an ethnographic exploration of how cultural and ethnic diversity manifests through regular, face-to-face social contact on the Walworth Road in South London.
Hall, Suzanne
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The Rise of Human–Computer Integration in Marketing: A Theory Synthesis

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human–computer integration (HCInt) technologies, which merge human bodily, cognitive, and sensory functions with computational processes, are reshaping the foundations of consumer experience. Unlike traditional human–computer interaction, HCInt entails adaptive and reciprocal coupling through AI‐driven augmentation, wearables, muscle–computer ...
Carlos Velasco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

In-Between-Space. Anthropologies of Everyday Life, of the City and of Literature in Miron Białoszewski’s Chamowo

open access: yesTeksty Drugie, 2016
This article builds on and supports Roch Sulima’s claim that Miron Białoszewski’s works, saturated with anthropology, can serve as an inspiration to anthropologists of everyday urban life.
Agnieszka Karpowicz
doaj  

City Performance: Chinese New Year in West Kalimantan

open access: yesPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 2016
Frans Ari Prasetyo is a scholar working at the Bandung Institute of Technology whose work focuses on etnography, visual anthropology, urban-rural planning and histories.
Frans Ari Prasetyo
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation to Variable Environments, Resilience to Climate Change: Investigating Land, Water and Settlement in Indus Northwest India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper explores the nature and dynamics of adaptation and resilience in the face of a diverse and varied environmental and ecological context using the case study of South Asia’s Indus Civilization (ca. 3000–1300 BC).
Bates, Jennifer   +14 more
core   +1 more source

A Review of Bioarcheological Investigations in Iron Age Cambodia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Archeological research within Cambodia is quite extensive, with significant projects led by both Cambodian archeologists and international researchers alike. Many of these projects have uncovered human skeletal remains. This article reviews archeological human skeletal studies in Cambodia, synthesizing published and unpublished data, primarily
Sophorn Nhoem, Kate Domett, Nigel Chang
wiley   +1 more source

Urban anthropology: Japan

open access: yes, 2021
Urban Japan has presented an opportunity for ethnographers to appreciate the heterogeneity and creativity of contemporary Japanese life, as well as persistent issues of inequality and marginalization that are sometimes hidden in plain sight. Japan's cities were transformed by new postwar mobilities and displacements; they were also locations of new ...
Rapone, Brittany, Danely, Jason
openaire   +1 more source

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